Year-End Lists

Jordan Hoffman: Top Ten Films of 2017, as posted to Twitter

[see also 2013]

1. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
2. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
3. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
4. mother!
   Darren Aronofsky
5. Long Strange Trip
   Amir Bar-Lev
6. I Called Him Morgan
   Kasper Collin
7. Foxtrot
   Samuel Maoz
8. Raw
   Julia Ducournau
9. Graduation
   Cristian Mungiu
10. Valerian
    Luc Besson

Sophy Romvari: Top Ten Films of 2017, as submitted to the annual collection of Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review

1. A Quiet Passion
   Terence Davies
2. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
3. Song to Song
   Terrence Malick
4. The Rider
   Chloé Zhao
5. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
6. Milla
   Valérie Massadian
7. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
8. Manic
   Kalina Bertin
9. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
10. Fail to Appear
    Antoine Bourges

Honourable Mentions

• Princess Cyd
  Stephen Cone
• Maison du bonheur
  Sofia Bohdanowicz
• Western
  Valeska Grisebach
• PROTOTYPE
  Blake Williams
• Lover for a Day
  Philippe Garrel

Blake Williams: Top 20 Films of 2017, as submitted to the annual collection of Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
2. Delphi Falls
   Mary Helena Clark
3. Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
   Bruno Dumont
4. Mrs. Hyde
   Serge Bozon
5. Rose Gold
   Sara Cwynar
6. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
7. Onward Lossless Follows
   Michael Robinson
8. Strangely Ordinary This Devotion
   Dani Leventhal and Sheilah Wilson
9. Big Little Lies
   Jean-Marc Vallée
10. The Wandering Soap Opera
    Raoul Ruiz and Valeria Sarmiento
11. Turtles Are Always Home
    Rawane Nassif
12. Nathan for You: Finding Frances
    Nathan Fielder
13. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
14. Pumpkin Movie
    Sophy Romvari
15. 24 Frames
    Abbas Kiarostami
16. Pixillation
    Anne Charlotte Robertson
17. Once There Was Brazilia
    Adirley Queirós
18. Idizwadidiz
    Isiah Medina
19. Scaffold
    Kazik Radwanski
20. R-15
    Kevin Jerome Everson

Paste Magazine: 50 Best Movies of 2017

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2015]

1. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
2. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
3. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
4. Blade Runner 2049
   Denis Villeneuve
5. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
6. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
7. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
8. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
9. Raw
   Julia Ducournau
10. The Shape of Water
    Guillermo del Toro
11. Okja
    Bong Joon-ho
12. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
13. It Comes at Night
    Trey Edward Shults
14. Good Time
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
15. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson
16. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray
17. Thor: Ragnarok
    Taika Waititi
18. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
19. Wonder Woman
    Patty Jenkins
20. Baby Driver
    Edgar Wright
21. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
    Yorgos Lanthimos
22. Logan
    James Mangold
23. Colossal
    Nacho Vigalondo
24. Graduation
    Cristian Mungiu
25. The Disaster Artist
    James Franco
26. I, Tonya
    Craig Gillespie
27. It
    Andy Muschietti
28. Loveless
    Andrey Zvyagintsev
29. Spider-Man: Homecoming
    Jon Watts
30. War for the Planet of the Apes
    Matt Reeves
31. A Dark Song
    Liam Gavin
32. John Wick: Chapter 2
    Chad Stahelski
33. Girls Trip
    Malcolm D. Lee
34. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
35. The Ornithologist
    João Pedro Rodrigues
36. Whose Streets?
    Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis
37. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    Martin McDonagh
38. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
39. Columbus
    Kogonada
40. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
    James Gunn
41. My Happy Family
    Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß
42. The Post
    Steven Spielberg
43. Casting JonBenet
    Kitty Green
44. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
    Angela Robinson
45. Marjorie Prime
    Michael Almereyda
46. The Lure
    Agnieszka Smoczynska
47. Nocturama
    Bertrand Bonello
48. Brawl in Cell Block 99
    S. Craig Zahler
49. After the Storm
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
50. A Cure for Wellness
    Gore Verbinski

Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2017

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2011]

1. A Deeper Understanding
   The War on Drugs
2. Turn Out the Lights
   Julien Baker
3. MASSEDUCTION
   St. Vincent
4. Slowdive
   Slowdive
5. Visions of a Life
   Wolf Alice
6. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
7. Sleep Well Beast
   The National
8. Painted Ruins
   Grizzly Bear
9. Pure Comedy
   Father John Misty
10. Soft Sounds from Another Planet
    Japanese Breakfast
11. Hug of Thunder
    Broken Social Scene
12. american dream
    LCD Soundsystem
13. Hot Thoughts
    Spoon
14. V
    The Horrors
15. Rest
    Charlotte Gainsbourg
16. Lotta Sea Lice
    Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
17. Crack-Up
    Fleet Foxes
18. No Shape
    Perfume Genius
19. A Crow Looked at Me
    Mount Eerie
20. Antisocialites
    Alvvays
21. Capacity
    Big Thief
22. Stellular
    Rose Elinor Dougall
23. Planetarium
    Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly & James McAlister
24. Aromanticism
    Moses Sumney
25. Everybody Works
    Jay Som
26. Cry Cry Cry
    Wolf Parade
27. Hang
    Foxygen
28. The OOZ
    King Krule
29. Kelly Lee Owens
    Kelly Lee Owens
30. Pleasure
    Feist
31. Utopia
    Björk
32. Plunge
    Fever Ray
33. The Far Field
    Future Islands
34. Little Fictions
    Elbow
35. Willowbank
    Yumi Zouma
36. The Underside of Power
    Algiers
37. Life Will See You Now
    Jens Lekman
38. Earl Grey
    Girl Ray
39. I See You
    The xx
40. Saturn Over Sunset
    Midnight Sister
41. Whiteout Conditions
    The New Pornographers
42. I’m Not Your Man
    Marika Hackman
43. Relatives in Descent
    Protomartyr
44. Love What Survives
    Mount Kimbie
45. Bedouine
    Bedouine
46. I Love You Like a Brother
    Alex Lahey
47. Stranger in the Alps
    Phoebe Bridgers
48. Room 29
    Chilly Gonzales & Jarvis Cocker
49. Prince of Tears
    Baxter Dury
50. Silver Eye
    Goldfrapp
51. Ctrl
    SZA
52. City Music
    Kevin Morby
53. Volcano
    Temples
54. Out in the Storm
    Waxahatchee
55. Big Fish Theory
    Vince Staples
56. Melodrama
    Lorde
57. Luciferian Towers
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor
58. Semper Femina
    Laura Marling
59. Weather Diaries
    Ride
60. Bravado
    Kirin J Callinan
61. RELAXER
    alt-J
62. Drunk
    Thundercat
63. Okovi
    Zola Jesus
64. Process
    Sampha
65. The Hanged Man
    Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
66. Dirty Projectors
    Dirty Projectors
67. Green Twins
    Nick Hakim
68. Last Place
    Grandaddy
69. Ti Amo
    Phoenix
70. In Spades
    The Afghan Whigs
71. Glasshouse
    Jessie Ware
72. Not Even Happiness
    Julie Byrne
73. Modern Kosmology
    Jane Weaver
74. Night Night At the First Landing
    Madeline Kenney
75. ken
    Destroyer
76. Mountain Moves
    Deerhoof
77. Soul of a Woman
    Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
78. Ununiform
    Tricky
79. The Weather Station
    The Weather Station
80. Let the Dancers Inherit the Party
    British Sea Power
81. Powerplant
    girlpool
82. Home Counties
    Saint Etienne
83. Future Politics
    Austra
84. Goths
    The Mountain Goats
85. Holiday Destination
    Nadine Shah
86. Nothing Feels Natural
    Priests
87. Every Country’s Sun
    Mogwai
88. Somersault
    Beach Fossils
89. Oczy Mlody
    The Flaming Lips
90. Run the Jewels 3
    Run the Jewels
91. World Eater
    Blanck Mass
92. The Weather
    Pond
93. Season High
    Little Dragon
94. Harmony of Difference
    Kamasi Washington
95. This Old Dog
    Mac DeMarco
96. Haiku From Zero
    Cut Copy
97. Pleasure
    Sondre Lerche
98. Morningside
    Fazerdaze
99. Exile In the Outer Ring
    EMA
100. Moonshine Freeze
     This Is the Kit

Nictate: Top 10 Films of 2017, as posted to Letterboxd

[see also 2022 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015]

1. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
2. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
3. The Square
   Ruben Östlund
4. The Beguiled
   Sofia Coppola
5. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
6. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
7. Raw
   Julia Ducournau
8. Thirst Street
   Nathan Silver
9. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
10. Nocturama
    Bertrand Bonello

Esquire: Best TV Shows of 2017

[see also 2023 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018]

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
2. Big Little Lies
3. The Handmaid’s Tale
4. The Good Place
5. The Leftovers
6. Master of None
7. The Deuce
8. The Vietnam War
9. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
10. At Home with Amy Sedaris
11. GLOW
12. The Crown
13. Mr. Robot
14. Better Call Saul
15. This Is Us
16. Mindhunter
17. Will & Grace
18. The Punisher
19. Legion
20. The Good Fight
21. American Gods
22. Game of Thrones
23. Feud: Bette and Joan
24. Girls
25. Riverdale

gal-dem: 27 Albums That Made Our 2017

[see also 2018 • 2016 • 2015]

• At What Cost
  GoldLink
• American Teen
  Khalid
• Drunk
  Thundercat
• AZD
  Actress
• Common Sense
  J Hus
• Humanz
  Gorillaz
• Cost of Living
  Downtown Boys
• Strike a Match
  SACRED PAWS
• Gang Signs & Prayer
  Stormzy
• 4:44
  JAY-Z
• Process
  Sampha
• Needle Paw
  Nai Palm
• Freudian
  Daniel Caesar
• Ctrl
  SZA
• Cleo
  Charlotte Dos Santos
• DAMN.
  Kendrick Lamar
• Migration
  Bonobo
• Voyager
  Moonchild
• Weighing of the Heart
  Nabihah Iqbal
• blkswn
  Smino
• Fin
  Syd
• Flower Boy
  Tyler, The Creator
• Sonder Son
  Brent Faiyaz
• SATURATION
  BROCKHAMPTON
• SATURATION II
  BROCKHAMPTON
• SATURATION III
  BROCKHAMPTON
• Wallflower
  Jordan Rakei
• Girlhood Vol. 1
  Girlhood
• 7 Days
  Krept and Konan
• 7 Nights
  Krept and Konan

Vinyl Me, Please: Best Albums of 2017

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

1. Ctrl
   SZA
2. MASSEDUCTION
   St. Vincent
3. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
4. Pure Comedy
   Father John Misty
5. Melodrama
   Lorde
6. Turn Out the Lights
   Julien Baker
7. Aromanticism
   Moses Sumney
8. Capacity
   Big Thief
9. Nightmare Logic
   Power Trip
10. Sleep Well Beast
    The National
11. american dream
    LCD Soundsystem
12. A Deeper Understanding
    The War on Drugs
13. City Music
    Kevin Morby
14. Take Me Apart
    Kelela
15. Process
    Sampha
16. No Shape
    Perfume Genius
17. Flower Boy
    Tyler, The Creator
18. Crack-Up
    Fleet Foxes
19. Drunk
    Thundercat
20. Soft Sounds from Another Planet
    Japanese Breakfast
21. Utopia
    Björk
22. Party
    Aldous Harding
23. Half-Light
    Rostam
24. You’re Not As _____ As You Think
    Sorority Noise
25. SATURATION
    BROCKHAMPTON
25. SATURATION II
    BROCKHAMPTON
26. Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1
    Calvin Harris
27. 4:44
    JAY-Z
28. Ash
    Ibeyi
29. From A Room: Volume 1
    Chris Stapleton
29. From A Room: Volume 1
    Chris Stapleton
30. Yours Conditionally
    Tennis

Flood Magazine: Best Albums of 2017

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014]

1. Capacity
   Big Thief
2. Forced Witness
   Alex Cameron
3. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
4. TFCF
   Liars
5. Rest
   Charlotte Gainsbourg
6. Hot Thoughts
   Spoon
7. If All I Was Was Black
   Mavis Staples
8. Need to Feel Your Love
   Sheer Mag
9. Lotta Sea Lice
   Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
10. Introducing the Crimsmen
    The Peacers
11. City Music
    Kevin Morby
12. american dream
    LCD Soundsystem
13. Ty Segall
    Ty Segall
14. Dark Matter
    Randy Newman
15. Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
    Open Mike Eagle
16. Bad Posture
    John Andrews
17. MASSEDUCTION
    St. Vincent
18. We All Want the Same Things
    Craig Finn
19. Big Fish Theory
    Vince Staples
20. Music for the Age of Miracles
    The Clientele
21. Sleep Well Beast
    The National
22. War & Leisure
    Miguel
23. Orc
    Oh Sees
24. Slowdive
    Slowdive
25. The Courtneys II
    The Courtneys